Sunday, October 28, 2012
Unit 2, Week 2 - Armadillo's Orange
Our Target Skill of the week will be identifying the setting of a story. We will also practice making predictions and placing events in sequential order. We will be working to identify, form, and match the letter "Ss" to its sound--/s/.
Amazing Words: armadillo, burrow, tortoise, rattlesnake, grubs, insects
High-Frequency Words: We will
Letter: Ss
Thank you to www.abbeychristian.com for the cover image!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Unit 2, Week 1 - Life in an Ocean
This week our focus story will be Life in an Ocean by Carol K. Lindeen. With this book, we will explore life as it exists in the
Our Target Skill this week will be comparing and contrasting. The skill of classifying and categorizing information will continue to be revisited and assessed this week as well. We will be working to identify, form, and match the letter "Aa" to its sound--/a/. We will spend two weeks on the letter "Aa" this year, as all of the vowels can make two different sounds (short and long vowel sounds). This week we will be focusing on the short "a" sound, as can be heard at the beginning of words such as "alligator", "ant", and "astronaut".
Amazing Words: ocean, world, crab, shell, fish, seaweed
High-Frequency Words: have, is (Please continue to review "I", "am", "the", "little", "to", and "a".)
Letter: Aa
Thank you to www.amazon.com for the cover image!
Pumpkins!
After our trip to Jackson's Apple Orchard and Pumpkin Patch on Thursday, we had more fun with pumpkins on Friday. We did a pumpkin sequencing activity, placing the events in the life cycle of a pumpkin in order, from seed to ripe orange pumpkin. We also used the class pumpkin given to us by Jackson's Orchard to perform a Pumpkin Report--we drew and described our pumpkin, measured the height and width of our pumpkin, and estimated the number of seeds inside before cutting it open, cleaning it out, and counting the seeds to check against our estimation.
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| Pumpkin Sequencing Example #1 |
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| Pumpkin Sequencing Example #2 |
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| Inside of our pumpkin |
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| Pumpkin Report Example #1 |
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| Pumpkin Report Example #2 |
Ties for "Tt"!
On the Thursday before Fall Break, we wore ties to celebrate "Tt" Week! Here is a picture of our participants!
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Unit 1, Week 6 - Dig Dig Digging
Our Target Skill this week will be classifying and categorizing. We will also continue to practice identifying the setting in a story. We will be working to identify, form, and match the letter "Tt" to it's sound--/t/.
Amazing Words: scooping, swooshing, squelching, gobbling, spinning, and rumbling
High-Frequency Words: We will continue to work with "to" and "a" for another week. Also, please continue to review the following words: I, am, the, little.
Letter: Tt
Thank you to www.glasgow.gov.uk for the cover image!
Mustaches and "Moosetache" to end Mm Week
We wore mustaches and read Moosetache by Margie Palatini today to wrap up our Mm Week. The kiddos definitely enjoyed it!
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| Nevaeh was home sick on Friday, but participated all the same! |
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Unit 1, Week 5 - Julius
This week we will again focus on the Target Skill of identifying the characters in a story, as well as spiral review the skills of sequencing and setting identification. Also, we will begin to focus solely on one letter a week now, working to identify, form, and match that letter to its sound.
Amazing Words: crate, protect, sneaked, granddaddy, scary, sharing
High Frequency Words: to, a (Also, please continue to review the following words: I, am, the, little.)
Letter: Mm
Thank you to www.theafricanbookcompany.com for the cover image!
A Visit from a Policeman!
On Friday, a policeman came to visit us! Ms. Batte had to leave while the students were in their Related Arts class to go to a meeting at Benny Bills Elementary in Gallatin, but Mrs. Hines took a few photos of the kiddos for me. I know that I will hear all about it on Monday! The students had been really looking forward to this visitor!
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
A Visit from a Baker
On Wednesday, Mrs. Sadler, a local baker, came by to pay us a visit. She talked about all of the foods typically found at a bakery and her specialty--cakes. She taught us all of the basic ingredients in a typical cake, then showed us pictures of cakes that she has made. She finished with a surprise--she left us with cupcake coloring sheets for each classroom, and the classroom who "decorates" these cupcakes the best will receive real cupcakes from her on Halloween!
A Visit from the Postman!
On Tuesday, Mr. Estes, a postman in Portland, came to visit us and talk to us about what it means to work at the Post Office. He showed us examples of new stamps and walked us through a typical day for him. He even brought his mail jeep by the school for us to see!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
A Visit from the Fire Dept.
To go along with our Reading Focus Story--Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten--we will have several special guests coming to talk to us this week. In our story, Miss Bindergarten takes her class on a Field trip to visit the locations of several Community Helpers (the Fire Department, Library, Post Office, etc.) We have arranged for several of these Community Helpers to come visit us this week.
On Monday, we had a visit from the Mitchellville Fire Department. Firemen Chris and Taffy taught us many things about the duties of a fireman and fire safety. They also brought a fire truck with them and let us look at all the special tools that firemen keep on their trucks, explaining their purpose to us. We got a chance to hear the siren up close, and have our picture taken with the firemen as well! Thank you, Firemen Chris and Taffy!
On Monday, we had a visit from the Mitchellville Fire Department. Firemen Chris and Taffy taught us many things about the duties of a fireman and fire safety. They also brought a fire truck with them and let us look at all the special tools that firemen keep on their trucks, explaining their purpose to us. We got a chance to hear the siren up close, and have our picture taken with the firemen as well! Thank you, Firemen Chris and Taffy!
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